Section 2: Understanding "Music" and "Therapy"

Best Practices from Music Therapy for Using Music in Senior Wellness and Healthcare

Introduction

Module 1: What is Music Therapy?

Module 2: An Introduction to Music Interventions: The Therapeutic Drumming Circle

Introduction
Section 1: What Happens in a Therapeutic Drumming Circle? (24:23)
Section 2: What Does Therapeutic Drumming Tell Us About Music Interventions in General?
Section 3: Leading Activities for People with Dementia: Tips on Getting Attention—and Keeping It
Section 4: How to Mount a Therapeutic Drumming Circle in Your Senior Care Community
Section 5: Therapeutic Drumming: “It’s the Number One Interdisciplinary Team Vitamin!”
Module Two: Learning Assessment

Module 3: Bringing Music Therapy Best Practices to Your Organization

Introduction
Section 1: Champions for Music Therapy
Section 2: Person-Centered Care
Section 3: A Music-Rich Environment
Section 4: About You
Section 5: Creative Aging Approach
Section 6: Moving it Forward: Implementing Your Plan
Section 7: Cost-effectiveness: Can We Make the Case?
Section 8: Engaging a Music Therapist as a Consultant, Trainer, or Member of the Healthcare Team
Section 9: Developing a Training Program
Section 10: Adding Musician Volunteers to Your Therapeutic Music Program
Section 11: A Community Leader Takes Action: Judy’s Story
Module Three: Learning Assessment

Module 4: Music for Mental Health and Wellness

Introduction
Section 1: About You: Measure Your Level of Loneliness
Section 2: Social Prescribing and Music Interventions
Section 3: Health, “Mental Health,” and Wellness: What Are Our Goals?
Section 4: Music-based Groups for Mental Health and Wellness
Section 5: Getting Started with a Music-Based Group
Section 6: A Model: Music-based Groups with a Focus on Social Wellness
Section 7: Variations on the Model: Music-based Groups with a Focus on Mental Health and Emotional Wellness
Section 8: Applications in Senior Care Settings
Section 4: Musical Improvisation
Section 9: About You: Music and Mood Management
Section 10: Dealing with Unexpected Emotional Responses
Section 11: Moving to Music to Reduce Depression Symptoms (0:32)
Section 12: Music-based Groups for Well Seniors
Module Four: Learning Assessment

Module 5: Music for People Living with Dementia

Introduction
Section 1: Music to Meet the Social and Emotional Needs of People with Dementia (4:24)
Section 2: The Music-Based Dementia Group: Singing and Playing and Listening to Familiar Songs
Section 3: Using Pre-recorded Music: Personalized Playlists (7:28)
Section 4: Music for Relaxation
Section 5: Music to Enhance Cognition
Section 6: Music for Physical and Motor Issues
Section 7: Therapeutic Drumming Circles for People with Dementia (3:28)
Section 8: Choruses for People with Dementia and Their Caregivers
Section 9: Familiar Songs—Yes, It’s Brain Science!
Section 10: My Soundtrack with Glen Campbell—By Kim Campbell
Module Five: Learning Assessment

Module 6: Music for Everyday Care of People with Dementia, and Others

Module 7: Music Therapy and Movement Rehabilitation

Introduction
Section 1: Music Therapy for Movement Disorders: The Basics (1:08)
Section 2: What Research and Experience Tells Us: The Example of Parkinson’s Disease (2:29)
Section 3: Stroke: An Introduction
Section 4: Music Therapy and Stroke
Section 5: Music-making with Adaptive Musical Instruments
Section 6: Specialized Electronic Music-making Devices—Piezo Triggers and More
Section 7: “We Are Musicians”: Voices of IMNF Patients Using Adaptive Music Instruments in Rehabilitation
Section 8: Music Therapy for “Visual (or Spatial) Neglect”
Section 9: Dancing with Parkinson’s: Pamela’s Story
Module Seven: Learning Assessment

Module 8: Music Therapy and Speech Rehabilitation

Introduction
Section 1: Music Therapy for Aphasia: Why it Works
Section 2: Expressive Aphasia (also called non-fluent aphasia or Broca’s aphasia)
Section 3: Music Therapy Approaches to Expressive Aphasia: An Introduction (1:42)
Section 4: “This Little Light of Mine:” The Story of Gabby Giffords
Section 5: A Music Protocol for People with Expressive Aphasia and Their Care Partners
Section 6: Other aphasias
Module Eight: Learning Assessment

Module 9: Technology and Virtual Programming: Expanding Access to Music Therapy and Music Programming

Introduction
Section 1: A Music Therapy Perspective on Music Technology
Section 2: Expanding Access: A Core Value
Section 3: Virtual Music Therapy: Bridging the Distance
Section 4: Expanded Options for In-person Music Interventions in Care Settings
Section 5: Leveraging Tablets for Music Engagement Sessions
Section 6: Access to Training
Section 7: Partnering with Patients and Care Partners to Increase the Impact of Music Therapy
Module Nine: Learning Assessment

Course Evaluation

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